French and Indian War Projects

U.S. History

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

You will be assigned one of the following 1) Battles; 2) Major Figures; 3) Reasons and Results. You will need to research and place your findings (along with maps and/or drawing/paintings) on a poster board to present to class.

1) Major Figures

Edward Braddock
Marquis de Montcalm
George Washington
James Wolfe


2) Battles

Ft. Necessity
Ft. William Henry
Battle of Quebec
Montreal

3) Reasons and Results

What are the reasons the war began?
What are the results of the war?
Who were the natives involved and what happened to them after the war?
What was the treaty signed that ended the war and what did it say?


This is a project grade.

25 points for information (points will be subtracted for miss information)
25 points for visuals (points will be subtracted for visuals that do not belong or reflect the period and for sloppy work).

Things to Know

John Peter Zenger
Salem Witch Trials
Jonathan Edwards
The Great Awakening
King Phillips War
Navigation Acts
Benjamin Franklin
Iroquois Confederacy

Classwork for Friday and Monday 9/24 and 9/27

Read chapter 4 sections 1 and 2 in THE AMERICAN JOURNEY and answer questions on pages 106 and 113.

Information to Know

1) Why were each of the 13 colonies established?
2) How did religious freedom, slavery, and self-government shape the first 13 colonies (be exact - this should be an paragraph for each).
3) How did the Massacre at Mystic change America?
4) What was King Philips War? Why did it start and what was the outcome of it?
5) What was Nat Bacon's rebellion really about?
6) Why did Philadelphia become an important city?

Questions for Study

Here are questions you should consider for the first quiz next week.

1) What was Columbus looking for?
2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find?
3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"?
4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)?
5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut).
6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies?
7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character).
8) What was the Great Migration?
9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas?
10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer.
11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two?
12) Please to list the six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers).
13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Francis Drake, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, Squanto, Samoset.
14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians?
15) Discuss King Phillips War and how it changed America?
16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)?
17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants?